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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, how many revisions are there of Serena's letter to Haley?

2. In Chapter 14, what is the name of the poet whose poem Tom reads to Serena in a second-hand bookshop?

3. In Chapter 16, what time does Max come to Serena's house?

4. In Chapter 18 after dinner during their first weekend together after the holidays, where do Serena and Tom make love?

5. In Chapter 19, how long has it been since the government instituted three-day work weeks because of the miners strike?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 20, how well is the writing going for Tom's new novel?

2. In Chapter 17, what does Tom confess over lunch before the holidays?

3. In Chapter 20, how productive is Tom in January?

4. At the end of Chapter 14, what do Tom and Serena do after making love?

5. In Chapter 12 in Haley's short story, who is Sebastian Morel, and what is his family like?

6. What does Serena do at the end of Chapter 17 after leaving her sister and her boyfriend?

7. In Chapter 14, what does Tom say about his sisters?

8. In Chapter 17, what does Serena say about her father?

9. In Chapter 11, what does Serena wear when she meets Haley and how does she feel about her attire?

10. In Chapter 19, why is everyone depressed in Serena's section of the Service?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Serena has regrets regarding her relationship with Tony and with Shirley. Why does Serena have regrets regarding those two relationships? How do her regrets influence the choices and decisions that she makes?

Essay Topic 2

MI5 is a right-wing organization. How are characters and organizations split between being right and left-wing? How does casting characters as either right or left-wing advance the plot?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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